Video: Obama: US will meet Taliban ahead of Afghan-led peace process

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CBS News
story from Jun 18, 2013, titled Video: Obama: US will meet Taliban ahead of Afghan-led peace process.
In it, CBS News reports that:

President Obama said the United States will meet the Taliban for peace talks in Doha, but insisted an "Afghan-owned peace process is the best way to end the violence" in a region torn apart by a bloody 12-year war.

Remember when the Taliban were given the grand tour ofthe state of Texas by Texas oilmen back in 1997?

The Taliban representatives  were amazed by the luxurious homes of Texan oil barons. Invited to dinner at the palatial home of Martin Miller, a vice-president of Unocal, they marveled at his swimming pool, views of the golf course and six bathrooms.

<quoted text>Remember when the Taliban were given the grand tour ofthe state of Texas by Texas oilmen back in 1997?The Taliban representatives  were amazed by the luxurious homes of Texan oil barons. Invited to dinner at the palatial home of Martin Miller, a vice-president of Unocal, they marveled at his swimming pool, views of the golf course and six bathrooms.That was the same Taliban that harbored Osama bin Laden.Where were you then? With your head stuck in the sand?What a complete putz.

When slcik willie was president?? You're right for once..al queda had already attacked the US Embasssy in Narobi, the USS cole and the Air Force Barracks on Saudi.......whilst slick willie chased interns and attacked Mt. Carmel and Ruby Ridge.......

<quoted text>Remember when the Taliban were given the grand tour ofthe state of Texas by Texas oilmen back in 1997?The Taliban representatives  were amazed by the luxurious homes of Texan oil barons. Invited to dinner at the palatial home of Martin Miller, a vice-president of Unocal, they marveled at his swimming pool, views of the golf course and six bathrooms.That was the same Taliban that harbored Osama bin Laden.Where were you then? With your head stuck in the sand?What a complete putz.

Read the re;ort, clown. They visited many areas in the US...you're attempt to associatte them with "Texas Oilmen" is asinine. Pull your pants up, your caught with them down again.

Never fails the tea-baggers will cry and whine over any and everything our great Osama-killing President does sucks to lose an election and have to pray for scandals and hope for impeachment, and settle for crying over nothing, LOL!

Bin Laden not only raised millions for the effort, but helped encourage Arab volunteers to go fight for Reagan against the Soviets and the Afghan communists. The Arab volunteers included people like Ayman al-Zawahiri, a young physician who had been jailed for having been involved in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat. Bin Laden kept a database of these volunteers. In Arabic the word for base is al-Qaeda.

In the US, the Christian Right adopted the Mujahideen as their favorite project. They even sent around a biblical checklist for grading US congressman as to how close they were to the Christian political line. If a congressman didnt support the radical Muslim Muj, he or she was downgraded by the evangelicals and fundamentalists.

Reagan wanted to give more and more sophisticated weapons to the Mujahideen (freedom fighters). The Pakistani generals were forming an alliance with the fundamentalist Jamaat-i Islam and begining to support madrasahs or hardline seminaries that would teach Islamic extremism. But even they balked at giving the ragtag Muj really advanced weaponry.

These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of Americas founding fathers. Ronald Regan while introducing the Mujahideen leaders to media on the White house lawns (1985).

Ronnie even gave them their own day.

The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 65, has designated March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day and has requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of that day.

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh.

<quoted text>No, not like Ronnie.Bin Laden not only raised millions for the effort, but helped encourage Arab volunteers to go fight for Reagan against the Soviets and the Afghan communists. The Arab volunteers included people like Ayman al-Zawahiri, a young physician who had been jailed for having been involved in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat. Bin Laden kept a database of these volunteers. In Arabic the word for base is al-Qaeda.In the US, the Christian Right adopted the Mujahideen as their favorite project. They even sent around a biblical checklist for grading US congressman as to how close they were to the Christian political line. If a congressman didnt support the radical Muslim Muj, he or she was downgraded by the evangelicals and fundamentalists.Reagan wanted to give more and more sophisticated weapons to the Mujahideen (freedom fighters). The Pakistani generals were forming an alliance with the fundamentalist Jamaat-i Islam and begining to support madrasahs or hardline seminaries that would teach Islamic extremism. But even they balked at giving the ragtag Muj really advanced weaponry.Poor teabagger.

Willie Clinton was handed Osama 8 times on a siver platter. Clinton was to busy chasing interns to bother.

Never fails the tea-baggers will cry and whine over any and everything our great Osama-killing President does sucks to lose an election and have to pray for scandals and hope for impeachment, and settle for crying over nothing, LOL!

It must really suck to support a loser who hasn't accomplished a thing in his administration.....whose ONLY success have been WITH Bush's policies, incuding killing osama bin laden.

We don't need to pray for scandals, pretend Marine. He's giving enough on his own. LMAO

<quoted text>It must really suck to support a loser who hasn't accomplished a thing in his administration.....whose ONLY success have been WITH Bush's policies, incuding killing osama bin laden.We don't need to pray for scandals, pretend Marine. He's giving enough on his own. LMAO

How amberassing to be so proud of such a lying, corrupt, American hating man. Never had a President in U.S. history that was so anti-american.

Bluebonnets-Thistle wrote:<quoted text>It must really suck to support a loser who hasn't accomplished a thing in his administration.....whose ONLY success have been WITH Bush's policies, incuding killing osama bin laden.We don't need to pray for scandals, pretend Marine. He's giving enough on his own. LMAO

See the Light wrote:

<quoted text>How amberassing to be so proud of such a lying, corrupt, American hating man. Never had a President in U.S. history that was so anti-american.

Bluebonnets-Thistle wrote:<quoted text>It must really suck to support a loser who hasn't accomplished a thing in his administration.....whose ONLY success have been WITH Bush's policies, incuding killing osama bin laden.We don't need to pray for scandals, pretend Marine. He's giving enough on his own. LMAO<quoted text>DME wrote:You people are certifiably insane.

Hmmm .... within the past few days Obama has promised weapons to rebels who are against Assad and happen to include Islamic radicals and today he decides its time to meet with the Taliban leaders now that U.S. troops are only going to "support" Afghan soldiers. Odd coincidence I'sure.

It is easy to see Syria and Afghanistan both havingtheir own Arab Spring before Obama leaves office.He'll purse his lips and express hope that democracy "now has a chance."

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